'80s Punk Legends Form Supergroup To Release Song Benefiting L.A. Wildfires Victims

January 7, 2026, marked the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles wildfires that destroyed Altadena, Pacific Palisades, and ...
American Songwriter

Pete Townshend’s First Published Song Was Released by a Merseybeat Band in 1964, Not The Who (Then Known as The Detours)

By age 11, Pete Townshend wrote his first song, “Bubbles,” co-written with his friend Graham Beard. Soon after, Townshend’s grandmother, Emma, gifted him with his first guitar for Christmas, and he ...